Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz

Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz studies how microbes participate in an ecosystem and in applied processes. He and his research team are investigating whether microbe-mediated organismal and environmental interactions drive ecosystem processes, particularly carbon cycling. They are also examining how ecosystems, in turn, affects the ecology and evolution of microorganisms and tehir interactions.

Dr Cadillo-Quiroz and his collaborators focus on methane-producing processes from anaerobic, high carbon-content environments, as well as the ecological interactions between Archaea, Bacteria, plants and humans. This knowledge can allow developing small and large scale solutions for current societal or planetary needs. For instance, Dr Cadillo-Quiroz is strongly committed to natural and engineered solutions to climate change through the power of cooperating with microbes.

Dr Cadillo-Quiroz’s current research studies processes in landfills, artificial wetlands, lakes and ponds, northern USA forest, and tropical peatlands in the Amazon Basin. He has been recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship, a Presidential Scholarship at Cornell University, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and an Honorific Doctorate in Forestry by the National University of the Peruvian Amazon.